I live in the Milwaukee area, lots of salt and snow issues. I have no plans of doing anything though, but I'm interested if anyone else did.

 

I’m going to basically pull and relube mine because I almost NEVER use the brakes. L mode all the way.

No harm. But then again, I’m not new to cars or brakes.

I just need to figure out what kit, if any, I need to buy. Probably a 2016 Chevy Sonic front disc kit. Although, GM Isn’t Tesla so a ki is probably available.

 

I'm interested in learning how to do this on my cars and begin rotating tires myself. Now that I'm not changing oil any more this could be the new way to bond with my car.

 

The FNC rotors mentioned have made an amazing difference in improving rotor life here in Upstate NY.

I too almost never use my physical brakes using L, but there are a few "full battery" brake events and short stops every month. I am planning to do nothing, the typical GM sliders with greased pins and synthetic rubber accordion covers have always worked well. Very rare to find a GM caliper that fails to move freely at typical brake pad replacement interval.

I have never studied the Tesla caliper sliders so not sure why they recommend a "brake service"

 

It is a recommended service for all cars. Most never get it done.

 

Watch any YouTube 2017 sonic front disk brake job and just skip the parts about replacing pads and removing the rotors. It’s basically the same.

Remove, clean, replace rubber boots, regrease, reinstall. Easy. dirty. But easy.

 

Watch any YouTube 2017 sonic front disk brake job and just skip the parts about replacing pads and removing the rotors. It’s basically the same.

Remove, clean, replace rubber boots, regrease, reinstall. Easy. dirty. But easy.

Until you tear one. And eventually, they rot. But, usually you can get 4-5 years out of them. But they don’t last forever.

Did you say that ?

Certainly when they do, you replace them. You don't replace them to do a cleaning and lube service as you originally posted. You gave no direction about it. You stated to replace something during this simple service that's not required. Incomplete information helps NOBODY!

 

No need to replace anything. Just clean and lube is all that's required. Every 2 years you can flush the brake fluid.

 

Until you tear one. And eventually, they rot. But, usually you can get 4-5 years out of them. But they don’t last forever.

 

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I wasn't planning on it, as I've never had any other car, ever, need this, and checking around most people knowledgeable in the subject say they just change the calipers with a brake change if there's a problem. However I've got one caliper dragging enough to heat the wheel to very hot, and another heating up enough to notice, while the remaining 2 wheels are ice cold after driving. Now, I have 18k miles on my Bolt, so I'm angry to have to be doing brake work already on a car that should never need new brakes. But the dealer wanted $220 to clean all 4 slide pins. For that I could just buy new brakes every second time! I have no idea what to do, as this seems like a huge rip off, and because the dealer is incompetent there won't be a warranty replacement for a bad caliper...

 

Have you tried another dealer?

 

None close by. That's on the list of possibilities, but it being a safety issue I'm more concerned with getting it done, so I'll have it done at a local shop and hope I can get GM to pay for it.